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No one was burdened more with worry than UPS driver Brad Beatty when he learned that his unborn daughter had a black spot on her throat. The doctors weren’t sure what it was at the time.

When Lillian Bay was born in November 2009, she was diagnosed with a birth defect that often occurs in the head and neck area called Cystic Hygroma (CH). If the CH is big enough, it can press into important tissues, such as the trachea (your breathing tube) or the esophagus (the tube that goes to your stomach). Lilly required both a feeding and tracheotomy tube.

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Getting to tag along with a group of 50 fabulous UPSers and their guests who traveled from around the country to attend the 2011 Daytona 500, compliments of UPS, was as much of a thrill for me as attending the race itself.    

Above and beyond the opportunity to meet UPS NASCAR No. 6 Driver David Ragan on race day, I had the chance to get to know employees like New Jersey District’s Bob Hook, a 31-year safe tractor-trailer driver who was charged with delivering the green flag that was waived to begin the “Great American Race.” 

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When 15-year-old Boy Scout Jeff Cox attended the Eagle Encampment in June 2009 to learn more about The Trail to Eagle—the detailed process for the Leadership Service Project required to become an Eagle Scout—he had no idea of the journey that would follow. 

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